"Jo, wake up!" came a voice from the corner of her bedroom. "Huh…no…it's still early and it's my day off!" replied Jo just as the alarm clock on her bedside table started to buzz. "Damn it!" Jo half shouted as she hit the alarm clock and it fell off the table still buzzing as it went. "Jo darling wake up, Gary is on the phone, he is babbling about some case the two of you are working on, says its urgent apparently." the voice said. "Oh good how exciting!" replied Jo with a sarcastic tone "better pass me the phone then."Tess handed the phone over to Jo giving her a small kiss on the cheek as she did so, Jo put the phone to her ear "Hi Gary, what is it that you want?" she asked.
Gary Best was sitting at his desk in Sunhill CID surrounded by a tone of paperwork and a pile of video tapes, he had been searching for clues on a burglary case he and Jo were working on the day before and now thinks that he may have found a suspect. "Hey, morning Jo, I know you told me not to disturb you today, but I think I have found a suspect." he said into the mobile he was using with a smile on his face.
"Really, wow amazing as that is Gary, It's still only quarter past seven and im sure there is someone else who can help you at the station," Jo replied, there was no way in hell she was going to go into work today, this was the first week in months she had been off and promised Tess she was going to take at least one day off a fortnight so they could spend the day together. " No. there ain't, there is just Suzie and there's no way im working with her, you know what she's like she will take over and take all the glory," Gary said staring at Suzie as she walked past his desk. "Gary, look it's the first day I have had off in months can't you work with Phil or Sam on the case? I'm sure they would be more than willing to help you." Jo rolled her eyes fed up with how immature he could sometimes be. "Yeah, but you don't boss me around like Sam does, and Phil well he's busy on some other case!" Gary replied trying to persuade Jo to come into work today was going to take a while he thought. "Look Gary, I'm sorry but im not working today under any circumstances, goodbye, I'll see you tomorrow" Jo said into the phone feeling her temper begin to rise. "But…Jo…please!" Gary replied as Jo hung up the phone.
"God, that boy really needs to grow up a bit; he wanted me to go in today because he can't find anyone to work with." Jo told Tess handing her back the phone. "You said no though right, I mean you can't go in today you promised me you would stay at home with me, I won't let you leave!""Well lucky for you I'm staying right here for the whole day, just like I promised" smiled Jo, moving so that she was sitting on the edge of the bed facing her girlfriend, Tess walked across the room and stopped in front of where Jo was sitting and stared into her unusual brown/blue eyes. "Good, because we need to spend some time together, me, you and the picnic basket in the hall that is, which is why you should probably get dressed now." and with that she gave Jo a small kiss on the lips and left the room.
"well that went well" Gary thought as he replaced his mobile back into his pocket, "flaming Jo, just when I really need her she decides to have some "quality time" with her bird" he said to Phil as he walked past. "Eh, Gary I think Jo deserves a day off especially after what happened in Nottingham, I mean she could have ended up dead like Seth" Phil replied standing at the edge of Gary's desk. "Yeah I suppose your right mate, here, listen could you help me with that burglary case that me and Jo have been working on?" Gary asked hoping that Phil would be able to help him. " Yeah sure mate, just let me hand in this report to Sam and I'll be with you in 5 mins." replied Phil glad to have something easy to investigate for once.
